Project Management Assistant

Location: Saffron Walden (CB10) Type: Permanent Hours: 9am - 5.30pm (Monday to Friday) Salary: circa 40,000 depending on experience Job Reference: 36366 Our client, an innovative technology and engineering business, is seeking a highly organised and proactive Project Management Assistant to support the successful delivery of a varied portfolio of projects. Responsibilities: - Provide administrative and coordination support across multiple projects - Maintain project plans, schedules, resource records and documentation - Track project budgets, expenditure and forecasts - Monitor project actions, risks and issues, following up with relevant stakeholders - Prepare progress reports, dashboards, presentations and management information - Arrange project meetings, prepare agendas, record minutes and monitor agreed actions - Support project start-up, closure and lessons-learned activities - Identify opportunities to improve processes, standardise working practices and automate routine tasks - Assist with the delivery of smaller projects as experience develops Requirements: - Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail - Ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate multiple activities effectively - Confident communicator, comfortable engaging with stakeholders at different levels - Strong written communication skills, including report writing and meeting documentation - Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook ..... full job details .....